MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Friends of Europe

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Friends of Europe appears in 35 declared MEP meetings (22 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

35
declared meetings
with current MEPs
22
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
25.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Friends of Europe is an independent not-for-profit Brussels-based tank that connects people, stimulates debate and triggers change to create a more inclusive, sustainable and forward-looking Europe. This is achieved through our debates, conferences, working groups, reports and recommendations which provide bold and ambitious but practical solutions. We aim to be catalysts for change and believe that real solutions come from…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 35 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats1337%
Renew Europe926%
Greens/EFA617%
European Conservatives & Reformists39%
European People's Party26%
Non-attached13%
Patriots for Europe13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
2
2021
1
2022
1
2023
5
2024
8
2025
10
2026
7

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Eero Heinäluoma
4 meetings · S&D
Sebastian Tynkkynen
3 meetings · ECR
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
2 meetings · S&D
Michael Bloss
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Hannah Neumann
2 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 May 2026Aleksandar NikolicEchanges sur la bascule démographique en Europe et les solutions politiques à mettre en oeuvre
14 Apr 2026Eero HeinäluomaTopical discussion
17 Mar 2026Sebastian TynkkynenUkrainan puolustusosaaminen
3 Mar 2026Alice KuhnkeAgoraEU
25 Feb 2026Michael BlossGrids Package
24 Feb 2026Sebastian TynkkynenUkrainan sota
24 Feb 2026Eero HeinäluomaTopical Discussion
12 Nov 2025Michael BlossEU-China
16 Oct 2025Thomas GeiselExchange on competitiveness and climate crisis
15 Oct 2025Victor NegrescuDebating Europe Panel: "EU Digital Decade"
23 Sep 2025Bruno TobbackEvent Electricity grids for clean energy transitions: from vision to reality
22 Sep 2025Gerben-Jan GerbrandyClimate action
4 Jun 2025Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisExchange of views
20 May 2025Eero HeinäluomaPolicymakers’ dinner-debate
29 Jan 2025Christophe GrudlerOrganisation d'une conférence conjointe sur le spatial

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